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Using air conditioners for a while, but surely many families are unaware of its incredibly useful dehumidification function.
1. How many are aware that air conditioners serve an incredibly useful purpose beyond cooling and heating?
The humidity level in the air in our climate is often very high, averaging around 80%, especially on these days when the weather is rainy and humid. This not only causes discomfort for everyone but also creates an environment for mold, rust, and bacteria to thrive, leading to various dangerous respiratory and skin diseases.
To address this uncomfortable weather, many families often resort to manual methods such as laying newspapers on the floor, wiping the house with dry towels, or if they can afford it, purchasing a dehumidifier. However, there's one type of device that almost every family has and regularly uses but is unaware of its useful function in removing excess moisture, and that's the air conditioner.
You may not have noticed, but air conditioners also have a very useful dehumidification function. (Illustration)
How does an air conditioner work to dehumidify?
The outside air will pass through the cooling coil to the evaporator, then be pumped by the compressor (through a tube to the outdoors). The heat discharged will pass through the coils and capacitors, then be expelled into the outside air.
Condensed water on the evaporator in air conditioners is usually transferred through a small pipe (the drainage path) to the outside environment. This is why we often see water dripping from air conditioner units when walking in narrow alleys with tall buildings.
How to use the dehumidification function of an air conditioner
During humid weather, you can use the air conditioner to dehumidify by turning on the Dry mode (or the water drop symbol) on the air conditioner remote control.
Turn on the Dry mode (or the water drop symbol) on the air conditioner remote control to dehumidify the room.
In this mode, the unit will run for about 3 - 5 minutes then pause, with a low airspeed (to maximize the cooling gas on the evaporator coil). The humid air in the room, encountering a colder environment, will condense on the evaporator coil. For some air conditioner models, setting the unit to cooling mode with a temperature of 25 - 27°C is also an effective way to dehumidify the room.
Considerations when dehumidifying with an air conditioner
You should not set the air conditioner to heat mode to dehumidify or dry damp clothes. Because when the room environment is humid, using the heat mode will make the room even more humid.
Although the dry mode of the air conditioner cannot replace a dehumidifier (the dehumidification capability of the air conditioner is lower), you can still use the dry modes in spring and rainy seasons when the temperature is not hot enough to run the cooling mode, but the humidity is high.
Source: Eva.vn
